SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Dragon hatch opening
May 31, 2020
The hatch of SpaceX’s Demo-2 Crew Dragon spacecraft, with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, was opened on 31 May 2020, at 17:02 UTC (13:02 EDT). Demo-2 is SpaceX’s fist crewed mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX Demo-2: Crew Dragon return explained
Jul 30, 2020
SpaceX’s Demo-2 Crew Dragon spacecraft, with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, will undock from the International Space Station on Harmony module’s International Docking Adapter, perform a deorbit burn and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. Benjamin “Benji” Reed (Director, Crew Mission Management, SpaceX) and Steve Stich (Manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA) explain the sequence of events.
SpaceX Demo-2: Crew Dragon hatch closure
Aug 1, 2020
The Demo-2 Crew Dragon spacecraft’s hatch was closed on 1 August 2020, at 21:36 UTC (17:36 EDT). SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Dragon “Endeavour”, with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Harmony module’s International Docking Adapter at 23:34 UTC (19:34 EDT). The splashdown is scheduled for 2 August at 18:42 UTC (14:42 EDT) off the coast Pensacola, and alternate site off the coast of Panama City in the Gulf of Mexico.
SpaceX Demo-2: Crew Dragon undocking
Aug 1, 2020
SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Dragon “Endeavour”, with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, undocked from the International Space Station on Harmony module’s International Docking Adapter at 23:35 UTC (19:35 EDT). The splashdown is scheduled for 2 August at 18:42 UTC (14:42 EDT) off the coast Pensacola, and alternate site off the coast of Panama City in the Gulf of Mexico.
SpaceX Demo-2: Crew Dragon splashdown
Aug 2, 2020
SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Dragon “Endeavour”, with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, successfully performed the deorbit burn and splashdown off the coast Pensacola, Florida, on 2 August at 18:48 UTC (14:48 EDT).
SpaceX Demo-2: Crew Dragon hatch opening
Aug 2, 2020
SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Dragon “Endeavour”, with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, was recovered from the Gulf of Mexico off the coast Pensacola, Floridam by SpaceX’s Go Navigator recovery ship on 2 August 2020 and the Crew Dragon hatch was opened at 19:59 UTC.
After the Splashdown: NASA & SpaceX Discuss the Return of Astronauts from Space
Aug 2, 2020
Today's #LaunchAmerica mission that brought NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley back to Earth marks the first splashdown of an American crew spacecraft in 45 years. Tune in starting at 4:45 p.m. EDT to hear Administrator Jim Bridenstine and #LaunchAmerica mission experts talk about this milestone in human spaceflight.
NASA's SpaceX DM-2 mission highlights
Aug 3, 2020
The SpaceX Demo-2 test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program was the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them safely to Earth onboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft.
The crew launched on Saturday, May 30 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and arrived at the orbiting laboratory on May 31. The SpaceX Crew Dragon “Endeavour” splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Sunday, Aug. 2 at 2:48 pm EDT following their undocking from the International Space Station Saturday, Aug. 1 at 7:35 pm EDT.
During their 62 days aboard station, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley contributed more than 100 hours of time to supporting the orbiting laboratory’s investigations, participated in public engagement events, and supported four spacewalks with Behnken and Cassidy to install new batteries in the station’s power grid and upgrade other station hardware.
These activities are a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which has been working with the U.S. aerospace industry to launch astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American soil the International Space Station for the first time since 2011. This is SpaceX’s final test flight and is providing data about the performance of the Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon spacecraft and ground systems, as well as in-orbit, docking, splashdown and recovery operations.
The test flight also will help NASA certify SpaceX’s crew transportation system for regular flights carrying astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX is readying the hardware for the first rotational mission that will occur following NASA certification, which is expected to take about six weeks.
The goal of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station. This could allow for additional research time and increase the opportunity for discovery aboard humanity’s testbed for exploration, including helping us prepare for human exploration of the Moon and Mars
Welcome home: NASA astronauts Robert Behnken & Douglas Hurley discuss their return to Earth
August 5, 2020
The #LaunchAmerica mission aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Endeavour" spacecraft that brought NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley back to Earth marked the first splashdown of an American crew spacecraft in 45 years. Tune in at 4:30 p.m. EDT to hear Bob and Doug talk about this milestone in human spaceflight.
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